Details of how Abubakar Shekau, the
impostor and leader of the Boko
Haram terrorist group lost his left in
a shootout with Nigerian troops in
Konduga on Wednesday Sept. 17
emerged yesterday with military
sources disclosing that he met his
waterloo in an ambush reminiscent
of the type the sect had been using
to hack down Nigerian troops.
Vanguard gathered that when the
first attack on Konduga whereby
hundreds of insurgents were taken
unawares and killed after over seven
hours of fighting and several of their
colleagues, arms and ammunition
captured, the military commanders
strategically urged his captured
members to send a message to
Shekau that they (insurgents) have
routed the troops.
Before the captured insurgents were
urged to make the contact and
deliver the message, the military
commanders had promised them
that their cooperation would play a
role in the level of punishment to be
meted to them after the battle
hence they felt reassured.
Also, the captured insurgents had
disclosed that Shekau usually moved
in a convoy of cars painted in military
colours while he sits in a MOWAG
Armoured tank with Boko Haram
inscription on its front.
When Shekau was contacted, his
captured men spoke to him in Arabic,
assuring him that they had taken
over Konduga, thereby giving him
the all clear to proceed from Sambisa
Forest. To convince him further, a set
of his men captured were told to
sing the victory song in Kanuri
language they normally sing at the
background.
Having convinced himself that the
messenger was his chief courier in
such situation and the message is
authentic, he and his followers made
for Konduga, heavily armed with
Anti-Aircraft weapons, General
Purpose Machine Guns, several AK 47
rifles and other IEDS’.
However, on entering Konduga
town, he and his followers were
encircled by strategically placed and
heavily armed Nigerian soldiers.
Immediately he contacted the
messenger and discovered that
something was amiss, he ordered his
followers to start shooting in all
direction.
This spurred the Army Commanders
to give the directive to open fire.
When he discovered that the fire
power of the Nigerian Army who
used both Infantry and Artillery
weaponry was overpowering that of
his men, he jumped out of the
MOWAG and made to escape.
But eagle-eyed Nigerian Soldiers
spotted him and opened fire in him,
shattering his legs in the process. It
was learnt that he also received
bullet wounds in other parts of his
body leading to his bleeding to
death.
Recall that Military sources had on
Sunday night disclosed that Nigerian
troops scored a strategic victory in
the current battle against terrorists
operating in the North East on
September 17.
The sources noted that during a
desperate attempt to capture
Konduga in their delusion to
eventually marching on and
capturing Maiduguri, the man who
had been mimicking Late Abubakar
Shekau in recent videos was feared
to have been finally killed.
The sources said, “It is getting more
certain that the terrorists’
Commander who has been
mimicking Shekau in those videos is
the one killed in Konduga on
September 17, 2014.”
Affirming the development,
PRNigeria sources said the
suspected demise of the Boko Haram
leader is responsible for the
scattering of the sect members in
different independent locations in
the neighbouring countries,
especially in Cameroon noticed in
recent days.
The security sources noted further
that “the process of confirming that
the dead body we have is the same
as that character who has been
posing as Shekau is ongoing” adding
“He is definitely a prominent
terrorist commander. I don’t want to
say anything about this yet please.”
Another high ranking military source
insisted that the resemblance is too
striking to be a coincidence.
“They cited his facial marks, beards
and teeth apart from the recovery by
the Nigerian troops of some of the
Armoured Vehicles and Hilux jeeps
that had featured in previous videos
of the prime suspect.
“The officers assured that the
Defence Headquarters will soon
address the nation after full
investigation of their latest
discovery”.
Meanwhile, the Defence
headquarters yesterday dismissed
insinuation that Cameroonian
military personnel carried out raids
on Boko Haram terrorists into border
communities in Nigeria.
According to a report posted on its
twitter handle, DHQ said “There was
no raid whatsoever in any part of
Nigeria’s territory in pursuit of
terrorists as claimed in some reports
allegedly quoting Cameroon military
authorities”.
“All operations ongoing in the
environs of Konduga & all associated
border location within the country
are completely being undertaken by
Nigerian troops” http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/boko-haram-leader-abubakar-shekau-killed-investigations/

So cameroon lied. They meant to steal the army's glory and make the army look incompetent.
The country must be treated with suspicion.
Kudos to the nigerian army. I'm highly impressed. They have taken their rightful place as a force to reckon with on the continent again.